Trosset de Porrera

D.O.Q. Priorat

Diego and Eduardo Duran care for a tiny plot of organically farmed vines eking out an existence on a precarious slope of inhospitable quartz and slate just outside the mountain village of Porrera. It’s incredible the plants survive the extreme conditions, and that the Durans can farm it: the slope has a 60% incline. Their centenarian cariñena vines are scarcely taller than your hand and produce less than a pound of concentrated, mineral fruit every fall.

Dic terraces by hand to plant his Olim vineyard on a cool, windy, north-facing slope up the valley opposite Vall Llach.

Trosset de Porrera

D.O.Q. Priorat

Diego and Eduardo Duran care for a tiny plot of organically farmed vines eking out an existence on a precarious slope of inhospitable quartz and slate just outside the mountain village of Porrera. It’s incredible the plants survive the extreme conditions, and that the Durans can farm it: the slope has a 60% incline. Their centenarian cariñena vines are scarcely taller than your hand and produce less than a pound of concentrated, mineral fruit every fall.

Dic terraces by hand to plant his Olim vineyard on a cool, windy, north-facing slope up the valley opposite Vall Llach.

Porrera from Olim

Vi de Vila

The view from the top--those tiny things are vines, and produce just a pound of fruit each. You can count the berries on each vine with your fingers.